Imagination, Time and Money

I've been asked to speak to a class about card making. These are some illustrations for my presentation.

Peru

I've recently got back from a 17 day trip to Peru, and it's really hard to put into words how amazing it was! So here are some pictures instead!

Random salad generator

Just a little programming project to help me make interesting lunches. Reload the page for another random salad! (the photo doesn't change, I haven't got that advanced yet!)

Yet more drawings

A really cool vintage brooch I got at the flea market in the Grassmarket, a Dala horse, and some tasty sour jelly beans from M&S.

Even more drawings

Carmex lip balm and a Walter Bosse horse.

More drawings

 A vintage Sarah Coventry brooch, and my old Singer sewing machine that I was thinking about taking to the charity shop, but decided to draw instead!

Holiday drawing-a-day

 I decided that for the two weeks I'm on holiday from work, I will do a drawing each day. These are the first two.

Recent cards

Some cards I've made recently.

Nikko

Coloured pencil drawing of one of my favourite photos taken in Japan, of Toshogu Shrine in Nikko in the rain.

Chinese drummer

I started this drawing on Sunday and finished it today. I did a slightly different method from usual - this time I printed a faint outline of the picture on the paper first so that I could get the proportions right. It felt a bit strange at first doing it this way - it felt a bit like cheating, and a bit like painting by numbers, with not as much creativity in the early stages. But I'm pleased with the finished effect, it was much easier to get the details of the face right this way, so I'll try doing some other drawings this way.